Good Neighbors USA

Analysis

Good Neighbors USA is a registered charity in United States, based in Tustin, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Good Neighbors USA reported income of $8.7m and spending of $8.8m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $9.3m to $8.7m (-6.7%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Good Neighbors USA sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Focus Humanitarian Assistance U S a ($8.7m), Dalberg Catalyst ($8.7m) and Global Health Ministries ($8.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $769k. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $409k, net assets of $2.7m. It reported 27 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.